Hose-coupling.



PATIENTED 11E0L22, 1903 A; H. GETZ. HOSE COUPLING; APPLICATION FILED 001'. 24, 1903.

N0 MODEL.-

WITNESSES:-

INVENTOR- UNITED STATES Patented December 22, I903.

PATENT QFFICE' HOSE-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,412, dated December 22, 1903. Application filed October 24, 1903. Serial No. 178,345. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST HENRY GETz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, '5 have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to hose-couplings; and it has for its object to provide a hosecoupling the members of which are adapted to be connected by a simple rectilinear movement of one or both, and this through the medium of simple and sturdy mechanism which is not exposed to the water passing through the coupling, and is therefore not liable to be set by freezing or deteriorated by corrosion.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal diametrical section of the coupling constituting the preferred embodiment of, my invention with the members thereof connected; Fig. 2, a view of the female member ofthecoupling as the same appears, when its latch-levers are in position to release the male member; Fig. 3, a perspective View of the latch-operating annulus of the female member removed; and Figs. 4-. and 5, transverse sections of the same taken in the planes indicated by the lines 4 4 and 5 5, respectively, of Fig. 3.

Similar letters designate corresponding A is the male member, and B the female member, of mynovel coupling, both of which departure from thescope of myinvention.

It is provided at its outer end with a beveled,

preferably convex, head a, bearing an annular projection b,- and is also provided atthe inner side of said head with acircumferential 5o 'gro0ve 0.1-, The outer wall of this groove is by preference slightly inclined outwardly,

parts in all of the several views of the drawings, referring to whichand its bottom wall, which extends to the perimeter of the member, concave, as illustrated.

The female member, like the male member, is preferably of metal and of circular form in cross-section and maybe connected to a hose or any source 'of water-supply in any approved manner.

latch-levers D, springsE for-normally holdiug said lovers in the position shown in Fig, 1, an annulus F for operating the levers, and a c'ollarG for retaining said annulus in position. The tubular body 0 is provided at about the distance shown from its outer end with an interior beveled abutment 01, corresponding to the head a, of member A, and it is also provided in the wall of its outer portion with four (more or less) radially-disposed apertu reseand in its'outer side with four (more or less) longi- Said female member comprises a tubular body 0, four (more or less) tudinal recesses f. Theselatter communicate with and extend inwardly from the apertures e and are provided in the bottoms of their inner portions with sockets g, designed to seat the inner ends of the springs E. The latchlevers D are fulcrnmed at h in the recessesf and have beveled heads 2' at their outer ends,

disposed in the apertures e of the body, and also have inner arms j, the ends of which are beveled at their inner sides, as indicated by It. Between the said armsj of the latchlevers and the body 0 the springs E are interposed, and'hence it will be seen that the springs will operate to return the'latoh-levers to and normally hold them under pressure in the position shown in Fig. 1. It will also be noticed that when the latch-levers are swung into the position shown in Fig. 2 their bevels kwill bring up against the bottoms of the recesses'fand limit the outward movement of their heads '2', so as to assure said heads always resting in the apertures e. The annulus F surrounds the body 0 and the inner armsj of the lovers D, and is interposed and retained between an exterior abutment Z of the body and the retaining-collar G. Said annulus is'exteriorly milled or roughened to permit of it being firmly grasped by the hand and is provided at its inner side with four (more or less) walls m, disposed at right/angles to each other. The outer intermediate portions of these walls m are beveled, as indiber,

cated by n, and between said walls m are curved wallsp' In virtue of this construe: tion it will be noticed that when the curved interiqrwalls p of the annulus are opposite the inner armsj of the latch-levers the springs E are enabled to swing the levers to and hold them under pressure in the position shown in Fig. 1. When, however, the annulus is turned axially in either direction from the position shown in Fig. 1, it will be noticed that the interior walls on thereof will -act against theinner-arms of the levers, and thereby-move the levers to-the open position shown in Fig. 2. It will also be noticed that when the walls in of the annulus are in engagement with the inner arms of the levers there is no liability of casual rotation of the anndlns, and hence no likelihood of the leverscasually resuming their closed position, and it will further be observedthat the beveled portions n of the walls m" rest in engagement with'the inner arms of the levers in the position shown in Fig. 1 and are calculated to render easy the movement of th.e"walls m into and out ofengagement with the levers.

I prefer to detachably secure the collar G on the body 0 by screws, as shown, or other means inorder that access may be gained to the parts when it is necessary to repair the same.

H is an annular gasket, preferably ofrubseated in a recess in the inner portion of the abutment dof body 0.

In the practicaluse of my novel coupling it will be seen that when it is desired to connect the membersA B it is simply necessary to bring the same forcibly together, so that the head a of member A enters the outer end of member B. When this is done, the head a willride past thelatch-heads t', pressing the latteroutwardly,and will bring up against theabutment d, while the said latch-heads will springinto the circumferential groove -c. Also the projection b on member A will be embedded in the gasket H, thereby breaking joints and precluding leakage between the members. This sinking of the projection b in the gasket H is assisted by the inclined sides 0' of the latch-heads 'iengaging the correspondingly-inclined wall 0 of the groove a when the latch-heads are forced intosaid groove by the action I While the members A B and easily connected by simply moving one rectili-nearly into engagement with the other in the manner described, it will be noticed that the connection is such that there-is no liability of the members becomingcasually disconnected. It will also be noticed that when in engagement with the memberA the headsof the levers D rest in the apertures e of memberB,with their ends abutting against the outer walls of-said apertures. This is advantageous, since the strain of longitudinal pull on the levers is taken oif the pintles of the levers and exerted on the member B.

To elfect the disengagement of the memof the springs E. may be quickly bers A B, so as to permit of them being readilypulled apart, it is simply necessary to turn the annulus by hand from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, when, as before described, the camwalls m of the annulus will operate to rock A nimportant feature 'of'my novel coupling is the fact that notwithstanding the facility with-which the members A and B may be connected and disconnected all of the working parts of the female member are located at the outer side of said member, where water cannot reach them, and hence there is no ing or deteriorated by corrosion. The coupling is also advantageous because of its simplicity and the fact that it embodies-no delicate parts, such as are likely to get out of orderafter a short period of use.

of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in derstanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what "I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

ing a beveled head; in combination with a female member comprising a tubular body, latch-levers fulcrumed at the outer side of gaging the headof the male member, means for normally holding the latch-levers in position to engage the head of the male member, and a rotatable. annulus surrounding the latch-levers, gage the said levers and disengage the same from the headof the male member.

2. In a hose-coupling, a male member having a beveled head, and a circumferential groove at the inner side of said head; in combination with afemale member comprisinga tubular body adapted to receive the outer portion of the male member, and having an interior abutment for the head of and also having radial apertures in the wall of its outer portion, latch-levers fulcrumed at intermediate points of their length at the outer side of the body, and having beveled heads on their outer arms arrangedto extend through the apertures ofthe body, and engage the head of the male member, one or more springs interposed between the body and the inner arms of the latch-levers, and a rotatable annulus held on the body, around the inner arms of the levers, and having interior cams arranged to engage said arms.

3. In a hose-coupling, a male member havthe levers into the positions shown in Fig; 2.

liability of said parts becoming set by freez I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement.

the body, and having beveled heads for enthe same;

order to impart a full, clear, and exact un- 1. In a hose-coupling,'a male member hav- 1 and having cams arranged to ening a beveled head, and acireumi'erentiai groove at the inner side of said head; in comnally-disposed recesses communicating with and extendinginwa'rdly from said apertures,

latch-levers fulcru med at intermediate points of their length in said exterior recesses, and having beveled heads on their outer arms arranged to extend through the apertures of the body, and engage the head of the male .member,-one or more springs interposed between the body and the inner arms of the latch-levers, and a rotatable annulus heldon the body around the inner arms of the levers,

and having interior walls m disposed at an angle to each other, bevels on said walls, and circular walls between the walls m.

4.-. In a hose-coupling, a male member having a beveled head, a circumferential groove at the inner side of said head, and a forward projection on the outer side of the head; in combination with a female member comprising a tubular body'having an interior abutment, and radial apertures in the wall of its center-portion, latch-levers fulcrumed at the outer side of the body, and having beveled heads on their outer arms,one or more springs interposed between the body and the inner arms of the levers, a rotatable annulus surrounding the inner arms of the levers and having interior cams arranged to engage the same, and a gasket seated in the interior abutment of the body and arranged to engage the head'of the male member, and receive the forward projection thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' AUGUST HENRY GETZ.

Witnesses:

MADELEINE GETZ, J. H. VIERBUCHEN. 

